New Hampshire lawmaker with compelling story endorses Booker for president

Cory Booker has picked up the endorsement of New Hampshire State Rep. Peter Leishman, a ten-term incumbent who cited his late son’s struggle with opioid addiction in his endorsement of the New Jersey senator form the Democratic presidential nomination.

“Cory Booker is a proven leader who knows the opioid epidemic and mental health crisis won’t be solved by sending millions of people to prison and throwing away the key — but instead by reforming our criminal justice system so that we treat every American with dignity,” said Leishman. “I know this from personal experience–my son, Jordan, suffered from addiction for 12 years, he got caught up in the system, and then we lost him. What we’re doing now is not working.

Leishman is the ninth New Hampshire legislator to endorse Booker.

“I’m proud to support Cory for president because he thinks of people like my son when he gets up every morning to find solutions to the toughest challenges facing our country,” Leishman said.  “Cory led to passage major, bipartisan legislation that is fixing our criminal justice system, even with Donald Trump in the White House. Just think about what he will do when he’s in the Oval Office.”

Booker and Leishman spent some time together last weekend during his 40th campaign stop in the first-in-the-nation state.

“I know Cory will fight for all Americans, including those battling addiction here in New Hampshire, and is the right person to take on Trump and reunite our country so we can finally make much-needed progress on critical issues facing our state and our country,” Leishman said.